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Chatterbox considered but rejected the idea of awarding Rabinowitz bonus points for having " eventually convinced " Broaddrick to grant an interview to the New York Times ( as the Times reports in today's story ). But the Scientific Method does not permit any tinkering with the Indis Index's scoring procedures.
Chatterbox rejected the idea of awarding Rabinowitz bonus points for "eventually convincing" Broaddrick to grant an interview to the New York Times. The Scientific Method doesn't allow changes in the Indis Index's scoring procedures.